Columbia Middle School
3001 Columbia Dr Decatur GA, 30034, Dekalb County Phone: 678-875-0502 Ranking: (1,685 out of 1,747, bottom 4%)* Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: DeKalb County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 65 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 65 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,014 | 1,173 | 1,157 | 1,028 | 1,107 | 970 | 1,001 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 301 | 29.7% | 381 | 32.5% | 392 | 33.9% | 301 | 29.3% | 399 | 36.0% | 342 | 35.3% | 362 | 36.2% |
Grade 7: | 349 | 34.4% | 407 | 34.7% | 348 | 30.1% | 367 | 35.7% | 351 | 31.7% | 313 | 32.3% | 285 | 28.5% |
Grade 8: | 364 | 35.9% | 385 | 32.8% | 417 | 36.0% | 360 | 35.0% | 357 | 32.2% | 315 | 32.5% | 354 | 35.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 521 | 51.4% | 634 | 54.0% | 642 | 55.5% | 540 | 52.5% | 566 | 51.1% | 468 | 48.2% | 476 | 47.6% |
Female: | 493 | 48.6% | 539 | 46.0% | 515 | 44.5% | 488 | 47.5% | 541 | 48.9% | 475 | 49.0% | 507 | 50.6% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% |
Hispanic: | 9 | 0.9% | 9 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.9% | 6 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.6% |
Black: | 993 | 97.9% | 1,151 | 98.1% | 1,131 | 97.8% | 1,009 | 98.2% | 1,095 | 98.9% | 943 | 97.2% | 975 | 97.4% |
White: | 2 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 8 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.5% | 8 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 999 | 98.5% | 1,016 | 86.6% | 937 | 81.0% | 817 | 79.5% | 838 | 75.7% | 732 | 75.5% | 731 | 73.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 65 | 5.5% | 73 | 6.3% | 57 | 5.5% | 87 | 7.9% | 71 | 7.3% | 98 | 9.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.60 | 18.47 | 16.30 | 14.90 | 15.81 | 14.50 | 15.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 78.9% | 84% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 82.3% | 86.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 83.9% | 87.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 86% | 86.8% | 90.5% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 86.5% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 84.5% | 91.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 86.2% | 92% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 86.2% | 92.4% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 50.4% | 62% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 53.8% | 64.5% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 59.1% | 69.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 64.4% | 74.9% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 62.9% | 75% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 65.6% | 76.5% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65% | 74.2% | 80% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 70.8% | 82.7% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 71% | 81.1% | 86% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 86.4% | 89.3% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 88.5% | 91.4% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 85.9% | 89.9% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 85.3% | 91% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 89.3% | 93.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 92.6% | 96% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 91.6% | 96.0% |
2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 46.4% | 61% |
2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 29% | 44.2% | 59.5% |
2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 51.9% | 66.1% |
2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 54.9% | 68.5% |
2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 54.6% | 70% |
2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 57.9% | 70.9% |
2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 59.6% | 73% |
2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 55.9% | 74.0% |
2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 68% | 79.2% | 85% |
2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 75.6% | 83.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.7% | 44.2% | 64% |
2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 57.6% | 71.6% |
2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 61.4% | 73% |
2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 63.1% | 77.5% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 74.2% | 84% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 83.4% | 89.2% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 84.8% | 89.7% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85% | 84% | 89.4% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 84.8% | 91% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.8% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 85.9% | 94% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 84.6% | 93.0% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 70.1% | 80% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52% | 61.4% | 73.9% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 70.1% | 79.8% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 73.6% | 83.7% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 72.4% | 86% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 76.2% | 89.3% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 82% | 91% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 78.2% | 89.9% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 70.3% | 80% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 75.3% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 81.6% | 88% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 81.7% | 89.2% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 80.9% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 82.6% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 86.9% | 94% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 87.4% | 94.7% |
2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 47.8% | 63% |
2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 55.6% | 70% |
2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 62% | 75.1% |
2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 59.8% | 75.7% |
2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 65.9% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 68.1% | 82.2% |
2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 70.2% | 85% |
2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 70.7% | 85.2% |
2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 79.5% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 77.2% | 85.8% |
2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 49.3% | 71% |
2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 56.5% | 74.9% |
2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 61.7% | 78% |
2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 68.7% | 82.7% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 80.6% | 87% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 83% | 88.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 85% | 89.3% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 88.9% | 91.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86% | 88.1% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 87.1% | 92.8% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 89.9% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 87.5% | 94.3% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 64.2% | 77% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 70% | 81.2% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 52% | 62.1% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.2% | 61.9% | 70.1% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 65.7% | 74% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 65.8% | 77.6% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 66.4% | 77% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 68.9% | 83.0% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.6% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 83% | 88.5% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 86.4% | 90.5% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89.7% | 92.7% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 91% | 95% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.5% | 96% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.6% | 96% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 91.8% | 96.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 63.6% | 76% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 58.6% | 74% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 45.1% | 59.6% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 47.2% | 64.4% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.8% | 49.5% | 66% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 50.1% | 67.1% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 56.7% | 74% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 57.2% | 74.0% |
2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 79.9% | 87% |
2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 75.5% | 85.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 45.4% | 58.9% |
2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 47.5% | 62.5% |
2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 52.2% | 70% |
2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 57.3% | 72.5% |
2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 60.2% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 62.5% | 77.9% |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 23% | 33% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 31.1% | 34.8% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 97.6% | 43.9% | 55% |
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* Columbia Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.